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G. HORNIG. SMYRNA RUG on CARPET.

No. 585,385.l Patented June 29,18'97.r

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GOTTFRIED HORNIG, OF GNADENFREI, GERMANY.

SMYRNA RUG OR CARPET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 585,385, dated June29, 1897'.

Application led August 6, 1896. Serial No. 601,902. (Specimens.)Patented in Belgium November 19,

in Norway February 28, 1896, No. 4,809 in Hungary February29,1896,No.5,649; in Austria March 6,1896,1No46/841,'

in Italy May 4, 1896, No. 41,434, and in Germany Novembe T0 all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, GOTTFRIED HORNIG, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Gnadenfrei, Silesia, Prussia, in the Empire ofGermany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SmyrnaRugs or Oarpets, (for which I have obtained German Letters Patent No.89,387, dated November 6,:

1896; Belgian Letters Patent No. 118,419,` dated November 19, 1895;Norwegian Letters Patent No. 4,809, dated February 28, 1896; HungarianLetters Patent No. 5,649, dated February 29, 1896; Austrian LettersPatent No. 46/841, dated'March 6,1896, and Italian Letters Patent No.41,434, dated May 4, 1896,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to the manufacture of Smyrna rugs and carpetswhich are woven in looms, and in such connection it relates particularlyto the manner in which said rugs and carpets are woven and to theconstruction and arrangement of the fabric.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a Smyrna rug orcarpet by connecting the -looped pile to the warp-threads of a groundfabric by a sewing-thread, the pile being united to the warp-threadsprior to the introduction and beating up of the weftthreads and thesewing-threads lying parallel with and between the weftfthreads andreinforcing the same. l

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood fromthe following description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof, in which i Figure 1 is a plan viewrepresenting diagrammatically the arrangement and construction of thefabric embodying main features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective viewillustrating diagrammatically the completed fabric.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the warp-threads, b the loopedpile, c the weftthreads, and e the sewing-thread, all of which arenecessary to the formation of the fabric of my invention. TheWarp-thread a and r6, 1896, No. 89,387.

weft-thread c by preference are woven together in a hand-loom, and thepile b is pref-v erably sewed to the warp-threads as follows: The loop bof the pile b incloses a warp-thread a, and the sewing-thread e ispassed through the loop b and the thread aand extends across the fabricparallel with and between the weftthreads and serves to reinforce thesame. The pile is sewed in rows to the threads a prior to the throwingin and beating up of a weft-thread c, as shown in Fig. 3.

I-Ieretofore two principal methods of manufacturing Smyrna rugs orcarpets have been in vogue. One method was to tie the looped pile to theground during the Weavin g of the ground in any ordinary loom. methodwas to tie the looped pile to a finished coarse ground, such as canvas,or to glue the pile to the ground. .Besides the waste of pilenecessarily' incident to the practice of these methods, the manufactureof the carpet or rug was slow, tedious, and expensive, and, moreover, itrequired a very expert operator. The second method is only employed forsmall fabrics, the introduction and securing of the pile to analready-formed ground being an exceedingly difficult operation. By mypresent improvement these disadvantages are avoided and the followingadditional advantages are secured: Thus in the fabric the sewing-threadc may pass easily in the fibers of the threads a, and hence the weft ofthe fabric may be beaten up to more or less extent without injuring thethreads a. Again,

in the fabric the sewing-thread serves as a` reinforcing or extraweft-thread.

My present invention is an improvement upon the invention described andclaimed in my Letters Patent No. 568,113, dated September 22, 1896, anddiffers therefrom principally in the following respects: First, the pileis united to a Warp or weft thread during the Weaving of the ground andprior to the beating up of the thread, and, second, the sewing-thread ispassed through both the body of the loop of the pile and the warp orweft thread to which it is secured, while as shown and described in mysaid patent the sewing- The other.A

thread is coiled or twisted around the warp or weft thread and betweenthe ends of the pile at the looped end thereof.

Having thus described' the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, an imitation Smyrna rug or thelike, consisting of a ground formed of distinctive warp and weftthreads, a looped pile, the loop whereof I surrounds one of saidwarp-threads and a i sewing-thread passing through the loop of the pileand the body of said warp-thread surrounded by said loop, saidsewing-thread x witnesses.

GOTTFRIED IIORNIG.

Witnesses:

W. HAUPT,

TILMAR REIFENBAUM.

